Awe your friends and family by creating delicate and exceptionally lifelike sugar flowers. With Jacqueline's easy instruction and highly effective techniques, you will craft magical sugar flowers for desserts, holidays or any special occasion. Bring a few basic ingredients together to make gum paste, and discover the supplies and tools that pastry professionals use. You'll learn to mold, dust, wire, paint and finish hydrangea flowers, filler flowers, buds and leaves. Once you master these techniques, you can customize and create flowers of all kinds - your imagination is the limit!

Lesson plan

Lesson 1. Introduction

Meet Jacqueline Butler from Petalsweet, a custom cake design shop in La Jolla, California. Then discover an overview of how you will make beautiful, lifelike sugar flowers in this class.

12:53

Lesson 2. Tools

In this lesson, Jacqueline goes over the tools, supplies, work surfaces and materials you need to create handcrafted sugar flowers.

18:41

Lesson 3. Making Gum Paste

Stunning flowers start with the foundation they're made from: perfectly made gum paste. Discover how to make, mix, knead and store gum paste, with professional tips that will help you achieve the texture and look that you want.

13:42

Lesson 4. Coloring Gum Paste

Jacqueline shares her secrets for creating lifelike colors with tylose gum paste, including professional tips on how to add the correct amount and preserve the colors that you've created.

16:49

Lesson 5. Hydrangea Buds & Centers

Now that you've mastered the foundations, the fun begins! In this lesson, you'll begin creating your sugar flower bouquet with the delicate buds and centers for your hydrangea blossoms.

31:39

Lesson 6. Hydrangea Petals

Using cutters and veiners, you'll create gorgeous hydrangea petals in a rainbow of colors as you experiment with rolling, cutting and ruffling techniques.

9:33

Lesson 7. Leaves

Cut, vein, shape, color and finish the lifelike leaves that will make your hydrangea display complete.

Lesson 10. Dusting & Glazing

Lesson 11. Arranging

Jacqueline finishes her sugar flower cake decor class by showing you how to make beautiful arrangements to add floral elegance to any cake, cupcake or dessert!

"I can't praise this class highly enough. Jacqueline is a brilliant instructor and goes into a lot of detail. The flowers you create have so many uses. I had no bother getting the equipment she uses and the gumpaste recipe is great - I gave it a shot and now make my own all the time, saving a lot of money. I highly recommend this class." - Clabby

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Lesson plan

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Lesson 1. Introduction

Meet Jacqueline Butler from Petalsweet, a custom cake design shop in La Jolla, California. Then discover an overview of how you will make beautiful, lifelike sugar flowers in this class.

12:53

Lesson 2. Tools

In this lesson, Jacqueline goes over the tools, supplies, work surfaces and materials you need to create handcrafted sugar flowers.

18:41

Lesson 3. Making Gum Paste

Stunning flowers start with the foundation they're made from: perfectly made gum paste. Discover how to make, mix, knead and store gum paste, with professional tips that will help you achieve the texture and look that you want.

13:42

Lesson 4. Coloring Gum Paste

Jacqueline shares her secrets for creating lifelike colors with tylose gum paste, including professional tips on how to add the correct amount and preserve the colors that you've created.

16:49

Lesson 5. Hydrangea Buds & Centers

Now that you've mastered the foundations, the fun begins! In this lesson, you'll begin creating your sugar flower bouquet with the delicate buds and centers for your hydrangea blossoms.

31:39

Lesson 6. Hydrangea Petals

Using cutters and veiners, you'll create gorgeous hydrangea petals in a rainbow of colors as you experiment with rolling, cutting and ruffling techniques.

9:33

Lesson 7. Leaves

Cut, vein, shape, color and finish the lifelike leaves that will make your hydrangea display complete.

Cake designers of all experience levels can benefit from this class! Even if you've worked with similar projects before, Jacqueline's class offers outstanding tips that increase efficiency, decrease frustration and yield gorgeous flowers that will dazzle friends, family members and clients alike. You might just find a new favorite project!